If you know how to restore an entire rainforest ecosystem there are a lot of people who would be interested to talk to you! Clearcutting trees doesn't just mean you lost some trees that you just need to then replant. It'll take decades or centuries for that ecosystem to return to something like the current stasis (assuming you plant the right trees, otherwise that time might be never) during which time they'll do a poorer job of soil stabilization, fix less carbon, provide for less biodiversity, and probably other things that I don't know about as just some guy.
